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2D All the way! / 2d engines

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Jams38
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ive been looking around and would be interested to know what 2d engine would be a good starting engine for someone with no experience. something with no program knowledge needed would help.

thanks

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Thc03
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 06:11
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You could go with game making wizards (such as MultiMedia Fusion, GameMaker, etc.) or build up a toolchain by yourself, using for example:
- Mappy or TileStudio (for tile based games - both of them provide template code for scrolling)
- Whatever beginner-oriented programming language (better for you if it has GUIs with editor for own-tool programming - just in case you will need)
- Painting program[s] (try Blender's composing functionality, as you should find it useful)
- Libraryes (most basic dialects comes with a good library binding amount)
In example, a good starting point would be using SDLBasic, GIMP + Blender, Mappy, FlatLand physics and a simple AI library.
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Jams38
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Thanks very much for the response.
I will take a look at what you have mentioned.

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MonT
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RPG maker XP is also a good starter, except is only much good for RPG-based games.

http://www.pyrogames.org
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Shadow heart
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You could always consider using the 2D game- ditor http://game-editor.com/2d-game-maker.html
it offers low resolution format but is still easy to use, more than others with programming....
I am working on a 2d platformer using high definition format, and of course I am going to have a programmer work on it lol...

"if anythings good in life, you must work towards it"
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lostzac
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If you go game maker use version 6. There has been a lot of issues with 7

I prefer Game Maker for a good learning tool and 2d platform.

John C Leutz II
Mythopoea Games Inc
www.mythopoeagames.com
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Silvester
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Eclipse

Free 2D Orpg Engine.

http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com

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Shadow heart
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version 6 should be a good idea, a great leraning tool

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Jams38
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Thanks guys im checking these out, if you know of any more let me know.

Thanks

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Shadow heart
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np

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Shadow heart
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I just downloaded the demo
"The Game Factory 2"
it seems great, I love the graphic display. It's not spritey but more platformer.

to the ones thats trapped inside of you, this is it!!
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